Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fought for control of the territory because it had not yet been decided if Kansas would become a free or slave state.
Kansas
The nickname was the BleedingKansas
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
He killed a group of proslavery sttlers near Pottawatomie Creek
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
The rivalry between proslavery and antislavery settlers
Kansas earned the nickname Bleeding Kansas during the series of events that led to the settlement of Kansas territory between 1853 and 1861. The events caused violence and blood shed, leading to the nickname.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.
The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed by both Houses in the Congress. This resulted in violence between pro slavery people and anti slavery abolitionists. Thus the term "Bleeding Kansas was used to describe the fighting there.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act - a hopeful attempt to allow new states to admitted as slave or free according to a local vote. When it was tried in Kansas, every bully-boy from both sides descended on Kansas to intimidate voters. The result was 'Bleeding Kansas'.